ASSESSMENT BRIEF CRIMINAL LAW Teacher: Class: Date of Issue: 23rd October 2012 Submission Details: 4th December 2012 Source: Irish Independent Newspaper‚ Irish Times Newspaper and the Irish Independent and Irish Times Websites. CRIMINAL COURT CASE DATE AND TIME OF CASE • The criminal case I studied was the case referred to as the ‘Road Rage Killing’. • The case was previously held in the Dublin District Court on 12th October 2010 but
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their own control at the fault of alcohol. The vast majority of manslaughter cases have been at the cause of drunk drivers being reckless. “There is a huge difference between vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated with gross negligence. Vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated carries 16 months‚ 2 years or 4 years in state prison. Vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and with gross negligence carries 4‚ 6 or 10 years” (Joseph Briscoe Dane‚ criminal defense
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According to a website entitles “Find Laws‚” our man in question committed involuntary manslaughter so that is what I will be charging him as the district attorney. Involuntary manslaughter is the lowest form of manslaughter where the perpetrator or the person doing the killing never meant to kill anyone‚ but because they did something dumb or legally referred to at criminally negligent or reckless. . This means that the perpetrator did not intend to kill anyone‚ but still killed the victim through
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Negligence Paper Nichole Ziegler University of Phoenix Health Law and Ethics HCS/478 Mary Burke August 12‚ 2012 Negligence Paper "Nursing’s role in providing patient care has expanded in response to increasing patient acuity‚ technology‚ evidence-based practice‚ managed care‚ and the advancement of the profession. Because of this professional evolution‚ nurses are in a position of higher accountability" (McConnell & Vaughn‚ 2010‚ p. 1). Negligence can be considered as "carelessness
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of injury and willfully disregarded it (Involuntary Manslaughter‚ 2010). Analysis: The facts indicate that Dr. McCoy was unaware of the employee’s presence in the warehouse‚ and therefore Dr. McCoy had no intention to kill him. However‚ he was aware of the risks associated with arson and disregarded any consequences that may occur. Conclusion: The death of the employee would meet the criteria for involuntary manslaughter based on the facts and analysis. Dr. McCoy intended
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The Gross Clinic‚ by Thomas Eakins HA-314-801 The History of American Art “I never knew of but one artist‚ and this is Tom Eakins‚ who could resist the temptation to see what they think ought to be rather than what is.” – Walt Whitman Thomas Eakins‚ was one the most important painters of American Art History. He also was an photographer‚ sculptor‚ and fine arts educator. In this essay‚ you will explore his life‚ his works and one of his most famous paintings’ which considered shocking by
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Definition of Gross Income‚ Taxable Income‚ and Net Income Gross income refers to all income but not excluding exempt income and subject to final income tax. Example of gross income include: salaries and wages‚ commission‚ sale of and other dealings in property‚ rents‚ dividends‚ and securities. Exclusion from gross income or those incomes that are exempted from tax include: life insurance proceeds paid to beneficiaries upon the death of the insured; compensation for injuries or sickness‚ retirement
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Negligence Paper Wrong site surgery has become a frequent incident in health care facilities across the nation. “Research in the US has suggested that wrong site surgery happens every 5-10 years‚ or one in 112‚994 cases” (Edwards‚ 2008‚ p. 168). Recent studies have shown that despite the focus by governing bodies over wrong site surgery in the past few years‚ wrong site surgery continues to happen at an alarming rate of 40 times per week in the United States alone (“Wrong-site surgery still happens
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NEGLIGENCE I: The legal issue here is whether Defendant is negligent towards Plaintiff R: To prove negligence‚ P must prove 3 elements: (1) duty of care; (2) breach of duty of care; (3) causation &remoteness. I. DUTY OF CARE I: Prove physical injury/ not (Neither his body nor Properties were damaged) - Therefore‚ the legal issue is whether D owed P a DOC for... II. BREACH OF the DUTY OF CARE: I: The legal issue is whether D failed to meet the standard of care to P R: A D has breached
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. Identify and explain the four elements of proof necessary for a plaintiff to prove a Negligencecase. The four elements of proof necessary for negligence to be proved are Duty to protect‚ Failure to Exercise Reasonable Standard of Care‚ Proximate Cause and Actual Injury. In a health care setting‚ Staff and physicians have a duty to protect patients from foreseeable dangers that could lead to injury. They have a duty to make sure equipment is in good working order‚ so it does not lead to harm
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